The Catholic faithful took heart when the pontiff, after two brushes with death, emerged from a hospital and resumed some of ...

World leaders have issued tributes and condolences after the death of Pope Francis was announced on Monday, one day after 1.4 ...

World leaders remembered Pope Francis as “a beacon of compassion,” reacting with sadness after the leader of the world’s 1.4 ...

The mourning will be observed across the country on April 22 and 23, and again on the day of the Pope's funeral.

The faithful converged on Francis’ other spiritual home, St. John Lateran, to pay their respects and process the passing of their diocesan leader.

The pope's death comes one day after Francis, 88, greeted Easter Sunday crowds in his popemobile. He had battled a ...

Pope Francis has passed away on April 21, Cardinal Kevin Farrell announced on the Vatican’s TV channel. The Roman Catholic ...

The first Latin American leader of the Catholic Church passed away at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta ...

Kenyan President William Ruto calls the Pope's passing a "big loss" to the Christian world, and praises Francis's "unwavering ...

Born Dec. 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was the eldest of five children of Italian immigrants.

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but ...